My Mother-in-law Gets Pregnant

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fully picked out at the market,

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a freeloader living

eater, chatting warmly in a

rted her usual sarcasm. "Wow, half an hour to

't have extra money for a ride, so i

rd day and night to provide, and you just sit here enjoying it without gratitude. Go look around and see which wi

Ruby had been sharp b

stood there, uns

contempt. "Why are you just standing

welling up

an hour preparing fi

dn't let me use the range hood

ind outside ch

es on the table, accidentally spill

ablecloth, and you've already ruined it. Go wash

back. "This tablecloth hasn't been changed

e you saying I'm making things hard

my son so long without a child, why would I, at my age, suffer through pregnancy? Now m

the window, tr

urried to

rama unfold, fe

y, she had pulled stunts lik

as just pregnancy hormon

ing at me with disapproval, I realiz

, she planned

r creak

niel, stood in

tion he once had replaced b

t did I do to deserve such a spoiled daughter-in-law? She sits

birth, I had told Daniel many t

m wasn't fully well yet. I decided it was t

rose sharply. "If you work, who'l

re a hou

ding my son's mone

ke it wasn't his problem, and as

ne, you've been out of the workforce

d at me tri

t's divorce."